Anthony Crispino is a fictional character on Saturday Night Live's recurring Weekend Update

Weekend Update

Weekend Update is a Saturday Night Live sketch that comments on and parodies current events. It is the show's longest running recurring sketch, having been on since the show's first broadcast, and is typically presented in the middle of the show immediately after the first musical performance...

 sketch, where he works as the second-hand news reporter. The character is portrayed by Bobby Moynihan

Bobby Moynihan

Robert M. "Bobby" Moynihan, Jr. is an American actor and comedian who is currently a cast member on Saturday Night Live.-Early life:...

.

Image and personality

Crispino has a black mustache with black hair. He speaks with a New Jersey accent and usually wrinkles his nose while talking. He usually appears with bulged eyes and nods toward the screen after the punchline. After Seth Myers gives the question, Crispino turns it into an incorrect statement with his own twist. He always looks sideways (and sometimes up and down) for people spying even though the news is not fresh nor secret. Most of the time, Seth asks the source of Crispino's information. He usually replies with the odd name of one of his relatives or friends such as "Meaty Dianne" or "Disaster Greg".

Notable moments

• When Crispino brought up the subject of Obama
  Barack Obama
  Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
  
  's tax repeals ("you hear about this...this Obama"), he incorrectly states "he's going to repeal the Bush
  George W. Bush
  George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
  
   haircuts" (taxcuts).

• When Crispino brought up the subject of Brett Favre
  Brett Favre
  Brett Lorenzo Favre is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League . He was a 20-year veteran of the NFL, having played quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons , Green Bay Packers , New York Jets and Minnesota...
  
  's retirement ("you hear about this...this Brett Favre), he twisted the statement into "yeah, he announced he's retarted
  Retardation
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  " (retired).

• When Crispino brought up the subject of Tiger Woods
  Tiger Woods
  Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
  
  's divorce, he incorrectly says "he finally divorced Ellen DeGeneres
  Ellen DeGeneres
  Ellen Lee DeGeneres is an American stand-up comedienne, television host and actress. She hosts the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and was also a judge on American Idol for one year, having joined the show in its ninth season....
  
   (Elin Nordegren
  Elin Nordegren
  Elin Maria Pernilla Nordegren is a former Swedish model and the ex-wife of professional golfer Tiger Woods.- Early life :Nordegren was born in Stockholm, Sweden. Her mother, Barbro Holmberg, is a politician and the former Swedish migration and asylum policy minister, and the current Governor of...
  
  )....that was never going to work".

• When Crispino brought up the subject of Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign
  Newt Gingrich presidential campaign, 2012
  Former U.S. Congressman and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich of Georgia began preparing for a possible campaign for the 2012 Republican Party nomination for President of the United States shortly following the 2010 midterm elections. He was politically active during the midterm elections, and...
  
   ("you hear abut this...this Newt Gingrich") he incorrectly says "he announced he's gonna run over the president" (run for president).

• In reference to the royal wedding in 2011, he incorrectly states Prince Will.i.am
  Will.i.am
  William James Adams, Jr. , better known by his stage name will.i.am and occasionally by his other stage name Zuper Blahq, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter, singer, actor and producer...
  
   (Prince William) married Kate Gosselin
  Kate Gosselin
  Katie Irene "Kate" Gosselin is an American television personality. Gosselin achieved national recognition on the reality show Jon & Kate Plus 8, in which she and her then-husband Jon Gosselin are profiled as they raise their atypical family of sextuplets and twins.-Early life:Kate Gosselin was...
  
   (Kate Middleton). He then says "that's why everybody was so upset that he didn't invite Fergie."

• As a response to the release of the iPhone 4S
  IPhone 4S
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  he says, "Oh yeah, they released a new iPhone for your ass".